+23%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Amarillo College rose 23% between 2017 and 2020 ($12.2k → $15.0k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly associate's
Amarillo College
Amarillo, Texas. 7,347 undergraduate students. 72 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Amarillo College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+32%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Amarillo College rose 32% between 2006 and 2009 (9.9% → 13.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,302+19% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$34,698
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry30.6%+8% · '97→'09
Texas median 51.8%$9,500+318% · '97→'20
At program completion7,347+25% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS68.1%+21% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$2,136+207% · '00→'24
out-of-state $4,704SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.1%Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,302 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+21%
Amarillo College · retention rose
56.0% → 67.8%
+25%
Amarillo College · undergrad enrollment rose
5,935 → 7,399
+144%
Amarillo College · in-state tuition rose
$696 → $2,136
+158%
Amarillo College · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,821 → $4,704
+318%
Amarillo College · median debt rose
$3,585 → $15,000
+34%
Amarillo College · pell share rose
32.8% → 44.0%
+20%
Amarillo College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$34,400 → $41,302
+26%
Amarillo College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,300 → $38,075
+29%
Amarillo College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,000 → $34,698
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Engineering, General.$75,986Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$71,151Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians.$68,057Precision Metal Working.$65,178Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$61,332Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$60,259Computer Programming.$58,190Criminal Justice and Corrections.$56,834Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$56,650Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$53,341Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$52,468Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$50,391Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$49,319Criminal Justice and Corrections.$48,011Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$45,076Legal Support Services.$43,924Business Administration, Management and Operations.$43,880Social Work.$38,900Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$37,913Communication and Media Studies.$34,447Psychology, General.$29,731Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$25,503
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
22 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$71,151Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$61,332Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$53,341Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$49,319Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$60,259
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Amarillo College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$38,784
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 26
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,796
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Amarillo College graduates earn $X” — not “Amarillo College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Amarillo College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.